Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Castle Rock Springs (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Castle Rock Springs. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Castle Rock Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Castle Rock Springs: Castle Rock Spgs. (or less commonly used: Castle Rock Spngs. or Castle Rock Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Castle Rock Springs is located in Lake County.
To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Castle Rock Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Castle Rock Springs:
- Lake County (The home county of Castle Rock Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Cobb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Salminas Resort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
- Seigler Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
- Hidden Valley Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
- Glenview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Lower Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clearlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clearlake Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kelseyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colusa County
- Wilbur Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mendocino County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Hopland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Largo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Largo is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
- Hermitage ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Yorkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Woodleaf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodleaf is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
- Calistoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pope Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Angwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Las Putas ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Las Putas is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
- Oakville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Sonoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Mercuryville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
- Kellogg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Geyserville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
- Healdsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mark West Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
- Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Trenton is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Melita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Melita is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Forestville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Rumsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Guinda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brooks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Castle Rock Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Castle Rock Springs.
Cemeteries Near Castle Rock Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castle Rock Springs.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Castle Rock Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castle Rock Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Glenbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Middletown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Middletown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1630874 <2>
- St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beeson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Long Ranch Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Mound Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Calistoga.
- The Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989886 <2>
- Duvall Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stone & Kelsey Gravesite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Castle Rock Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Castle Rock Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Castle Rock Springs, with the one closest to Castle Rock Springs listed first.
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Kellogg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Geyserville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Asti
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Asti is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
- Calistoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelseyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bale is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bale
- Pope Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Castle Rock Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castle Rock Springs.
Newspapers Published in Castle Rock Springs ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castle Rock Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castle Rock Springs, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castle Rock Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Castle Rock Springs:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colusa County
- Mendocino County
- Napa County
- Sonoma County
- Yolo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Rock Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Castle Rock Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |